1.   Testifying at a government inquiry into Brazilian soccer corruption last year, Ronaldo denied those reports, but neither did he provide a full explanation.

2.   But relations between the two soccer bodies hit a low last year after the Malaysian association said its Singapore counterpart was not doing enough to stamp out soccer corruption.

3.   He is to appear Wednesday before the congressional committee investigating soccer corruption.

4.   Still, Koh and other officials said it would be unrealistic to expect soccer corruption to end overnight.

5.   He was the fifth person hauled to court for soccer corruption in recent months.

6.   Both Malaysia and Singapore have stepped up efforts to weed out soccer corruption since the middle of last year.

7.   Malaysia will allow the Moslems among recently charged footballers to celebrate Ramadan before issuing warrants for their arrest following a crackdown on soccer corruption.

8.   Malaysian police arrested four more footballers on Wednesday in a continuing crackdown on soccer corruption to clean up the sport before the new national league season starts in April.

9.   Singapore football authorities have vowed to stamp out soccer corruption.